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This year 2018 is a very special year for the Apostolic Carmel Sisters in Nanjangud. We officially inaugurated the Golden Jubilee Year with a short and elegant ceremony on November 11, 2017. We solemnly celebrated the Golden Jubilee of our convent and the school on November 16, 2018.

Our loving Father in Heaven has showered His unconditional love on the Apostolic Carmel presence for the past 50 years in Nanjangud. Our hearts are filled with gratitude, as we repeat our chorus of thanks to God for His bountiful graces showered on the community and institution from its very inception.

This day reminded us of the sweat and toil of those who served in our Convent, those who collaborated with us, the staff in our school and the families who placed their trust in us and helped us to grow to what we are today. We celebrated the achievements, victories and many blessings we received through our benefactors, well wishers and friends.

For a period of five decades, the school has been unfailingly forming integrated and empowered students. Our alumni have excelled in various fields, many of them being very successful in varied paths of life. Sometimes the service we have rendered to the Nation may seem small considering the enormity of our country but it is important to realize that little drops of water when combined make the mighty ocean.

God chose Mr. Thomas D’Souza, a copper merchant of Nanjangud, to inspire the then Bishop of Mysore, Most Rev. Matthias Fernandes to open a school at Nanjangud. At the request of the Bishop of Mysore, Mother Theodosia, the then Superior General requested late Sister Carmencita, the then Superior of St. Joseph’s Convent Bannimantap, Mysuru, to take it up. She was the one whose heart God had touched to work for the poor and marginalized. God’s ways are different and unique.

On June 4, 1967, a Nursery School was opened with a few pupils on roll. Since there was no house at Nanjangud the Sisters travelled up and down nearly 23kms. every day from Mysore to Nanjangud. A tedious journey indeed for the sisters! Late Sisters Hermangild and Glyceria were the first teachers in this tiny school.

Meanwhile Mr. Thomas was asked to look out for a small house at Nanjangud and he provided a house on rent near the Railway Station. Sisters were praying and searching for a proper place to begin a school at Nanjangud. After much search and struggle for a proper place – 5 acres and 11 ½ guntas of land along the Mysuru–Ooty road was purchased for Rs. 21,000/- and the same registered.

Dwelling place of God: After much prayer and struggle God was gracious to our dear Sisters. Mother Theodosia opened the convent on September 15, 1968. Sisters Carmencita, Fidele and Katrina were the pioneers of this house with Sister Carmencita as the first Superior of the house. They worked tirelessly for the well being of the house and the school.

A good number of developmental activities and educational programmes were carried out during the present year as a part of the Golden Jubilee celebration. The main project of the Golden Jubilee was the inauguration of the newly-constructed building for PUC. After its blessing there was the felicitation, the releasing of the Souvenir, the ex-students’re union and the cultural programme.

Back in 1968, when the school began its journey under the guidance of Sister Carmencita, it just had a handful of students and a few dedicated teachers. The students were moulded by many dedicated sisters and teachers. The motto of the school, ‘Service and love’ reflected the conviction that the welfare of humankind requires that each one of us contributes to society.

November 16, 2018 was the red letter day for us in Nanjangud. We celebrated the Golden Jubilee of the convent and school in a grand manner. A Thanksgiving Mass was offered at 10 a.m. by Most. Rev. Dr. K. A. William the Bishop of Mysuru. The neighbouring parish priests, parishioners, well–wishers, benefactors, ex-students, teachers and our own Apostolic Carmel sisters were present. We were delighted with the presence of our dear Provincial Superior Sister Carmel Rita, Sister Lydia and Sister Ida Barboza. After Mass there was a short felicitation programme for the past superiors and the present one. The whole programme ended with a fellowship meal.

At 4 p.m. there was a cultural programme to mark this occasion. Students from each class presented their item with great elegance and pomp. More than four thousand audience witnessed this outstanding performance by our zealous students of Nanjangud. To mark the Sesquicentinary of our existence and 50 years in Nanjangud a short dance drama on Mother Veronica’s life and the History of the Convent was acted out. We felicitated the past and present Headmistresses, well wishers, retired teachers and benefactors. Sister Lydia, the chief guest of the programme appreciated and encouraged us. Sister Carmel Rita, in her presidential address, recalled the past sisters’ hard work, and praised God for their gift to us. All the officials of the Educational Department appreciated the work done by the Apostolic Carmel sisters in Nanjangud.

We remain grateful to God for His continuous help and guidance throughout our life. We experienced His constant support and help. We are grateful to all our sisters, well wishers and benefactors. We owe our gratitude to our Superior General Sister Susheela, to all the sisters at the Generalate, our Provincial Superior, Sister Carmel Rita and her team for their constant support, guidance and help in our mission here in Nanjangud. May the good Lord give strength and courage to Sisters Florine Pinto and Tresilda, and to all the community members to carry on their mission fruitfully. May God bless us all.